One of the most important documents in the history of Brazoria and Galveston Counties is preserved not in a museum or a library but in the Galveston Island headquarters of the Bay Area Council, Boy Scouts of America.
Dated March 28, 1919, the document is a report from the Galveston Rotary Club to its officers and members with a recommendation to form a Boy Scout movement in Galveston. The three-page document still survives to this day and is now commonly referred to as the Bay Area Council Charter. As early as 1920, the Daily News, the oldest newspaper in Texas, carried a regular column called "The Scout Roundup."
On August 14, 1962, Mrs. Mary Moody Northen donated a check for $100,000 to the council to build a new headquarters (where we are still housed today.) She made the donation in honor of her late husband, Edwin C. Northen, a longtime Scouter who was active in the council. Today, the council serves more than 8,000 youth through the leadership of more than 2,000 adult volunteers.
2024 Executive Committee
Cory Moss – President
James Ware – VP Development & Immediate Past President
Derick Meadows – Council Commissioner
Myles Shelton – Treasurer
Walt Wundrow – VP Administration
Mike Henderson – VP Membership/Relationships
Roger Boyer – VP Program
Art Orscheln – VP Properties
2024 Executive Board
Kim Barker
Terri Burchfield
James “Chezo” Cesarini
Brent Cockerham
Joe Dervay
Mark Fridye
Jim Galbraith
Charles Mouton
Fred Raschke
Scott Livingston
Rene Julien
2023 Honorary Board
Charles Doyle
Frank Resch
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